Fertility in Canada, 1960

Canada
1960
Total fertility rate: 3.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Canada was 3.82 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 462,354 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.82
Births
462,354
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
17,898,790
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.30.0%264
15-1954.67.2%37,123
20-24228.430.0%135,054
25-29219.828.9%130,676
30-34143.718.9%90,343
35-3983.110.9%51,920
40-4428.43.7%15,703
45-492.50.3%1,212
50-540.10.0%58